Thursday, February 15, 2018

Landform vocabulary







Erosion- When materials from the surface are broken by natural forces.

Flood -When water overflows the natural surface.

Weathering - When weather disintegrates a rock or stone.

Deforestation - The destruction of forests by humans.

Earth's plates- pieces of the crust 

Landslides - Rocks falling from a height in a downslope angle.

Glaciers -Big chunks of ice which slowly moves

Erosion -Transportation of materials from the surface.

Rapid process erosion -Fast way of erosion

Slow process erosion-Slow way of erosion

Tsunami -A big wave caused by a shift of tectonic plates

Earthquake -Huge shake of ground.

Debris -Trash from a wreckage or destruction.

Topsoil -The top layer of soil

Sediment - A small piece of rock which was broken by water.

Volcanoes -Mountain which erupt hot fragments and lava

Canyon -Water breaking through rocks creating a canyon.


Plateau -Flat land that is high of ground

Dune -A hill of sand.

Delta -A place where a river can divide into pieces

Valley- A place between a mountain or a hill

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